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Board of Directors

Victoria Gold's Board of Directors have deep and varied experience spanning mine operations, engineering, exploration, finance, law and corporate strategy. This proactive and dynamic group of directors regularly engages with and challenges one another and the management team to ensure the full breadth of their expertise is utilized to benefit the Company.

T. Sean Harvey

T. Sean Harvey

Chair of the Board of Directors

Sean brings his boundless energy and passion for the industry to our Board. He has a depth of experience in the mining industry having spent 10 years in investment and merchant banking primarily focused on the mining sector. For the past twenty years he has held senior executive and Board positions with a number of mining companies, including TVX Gold Inc., Atlantico Gold Inc. and Orvana Minerals Corp. Sean also serves as a director of Perseus Mining Ltd. and Serabi gold Plc. Sean has an M.B.A in Finance and an LL.B specializing in tax and corporate law.

John McConnell

John McConnell

President, Director & CEO

John McConnell's +40 years of mining experience is mostly in Canada's northern territories. John has been President & CEO of Victoria Gold since 2010 and has led the exploration, development, and financing of the Eagle Gold Mine in Canada's Yukon Territory. Eagle has been in production since 2019 and at full production will produce +200,000 ounces per year of gold.

Previously, he was President & CEO of Western Keltic Mines until it was acquired by Sherwood Copper; VP, NWT Projects for De Beers Canada primarily responsible for permitting and development of the Snap Lake Diamond Mine; Breakwater Resources Ltd in operations at the Nanisivik Zinc & Lead Mine on Baffin Island; and Strathcona Mineral Services Ltd.

Mr. McConnell has been recognized with the 2024 PDAC Viola R. MacMillan Award, and the 2023 AME Murray Pezim Award for the leadership, management, and financing of the Eagle Gold Mine, and the 2021 AME E.A. Scholtz Award for Excellence in Mine Development for his role in building the Eagle Gold Mine. A graduate of the Colorado School of Mines, with a B.Sc. in Mining Engineering Mr. McConnell is also a Director of Lahontan Gold Corp.

Christopher Hill

Christopher Hill

Director

Chris held senior management positions at Kinross Gold Corporation from 1998 through 2010 and Aecon until 2016. Prior to this, Chris spent time in the treasury department of Barrick Gold Corporation and was a trader for Lac Minerals and the Bank of Nova Scotia. Chris holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfred Laurier University.

Joseph Ovsenek

Joseph Ovsenek

Director

Joe has more than 25 years of experience in the mining industry, and is presently the President & CEO of Central Timmins Exploration Corp. Previously, Joe was President and CEO of Pretium Resources Inc. where he led the advance of the high-grade gold Brucejack Mine which has been operating profitably since commercial start-up in 2017. Joe began his nine-year tenure at Pretium in 2011 as Chief Development Officer and led the financing of the company from exploration stage to operations and was subsequently appointed President in 2015 and President and CEO in 2017. Prior to Pretium, he served for 15 years in senior management roles for Silver Standard Resources Inc., lastly as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development responsible for the sale of the Brucejack and Snowfield assets to the newly created Pretium Resources Inc. Joe holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Toronto. He is a registered member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia.

Steve Haggarty

Steve Haggarty

Director

Mr. Haggarty, P.Eng., is the Managing Director of Haggarty Technical Services Corp., a consulting company providing project, process and risk management services to the mining industry. Prior to forming Haggarty Technical Services, Steve had a lengthy 40 year career with companies including Barrick Gold, Homestake Mining, International Corona and Teck Corporation. His metallurgical background and operational experience includes copper, molybdenum, gold, silver and PGM group metals at mining operations involving copper SX-EW, flotation, heap leaching, pressure oxidation, roasting and CIL recovery plants. Steve is a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario and the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He is a graduate of McGill University with a degree in Metallurgical Engineering.

Ria Fitzgerald

Ria Fitzgerald

Director

Ria has over twenty years of experience in equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, project financing and project development with global and start-up companies in mining, infrastructure, and renewable power sectors. Ria has ten years of experience as an investment banker focused on the mining industry, where she was involved in numerous private and public equity financings for global mining companies. Ria is currently the Director of Mining at Solvest Inc., a Yukon based renewable energy company specializing in the design, construction, and financing of remote energy generation including solar power and energy storage for industrial, residential and indigenous clients. Her focus is in providing cost saving power solutions to mines that reduce carbon emissions and enhance capacity building for Indigenous partners. Ria holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan, where she graduated with High Honours and Great Distinction. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and in 2021 earned the newly established Certificate in ESG Investing, both from the CFA Institute.

Kimberly Keating

Kimberly Keating

Director

Kim Keating is a Professional Engineer with 25 years of broad international experience in the oil and gas, mining, hydropower, and nuclear sectors. Most recently, Kim was the Chief Operating Officer of the Cahill Group, one of Canada’s largest multi-disciplinary construction companies with operations across the country. Prior to joining the Cahill Group in 2013, Kim held a variety of progressive leadership roles from engineering design through to construction, commissioning, production operations and offshore field development with Petro-Canada (now Suncor Energy Inc.). Throughout her career, Ms. Keating has made significant engineering & project management contributions to major projects in the Canadian, Norwegian and UK energy sectors, bringing a wealth of strategy, operational leadership, and technical expertise to the Victoria Gold Board. She is currently Board Chair of Major Drilling International Inc. and board director of Pan American Silver Inc. & Drax Group plc. Ms. Keating is a graduate of the Rotman-Institute of Corporate Directors Education Program and in 2020 was awarded her ICD.D designation.

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